Former MK Yossi Sarid told an Egyptian newspaper over the weekend that the IDF was guilty of "war crimes." Sarid was being interviewed by the Egyptian paper Al-Ahram for comments on a report circulating in the Egyptian press that IDF soldiers had killed 250 Egyptian prisoners of war towards the end of the 1967 Six Day War, in which then-Egyptian leader Gamal Abedel Nasser threatened to "throw the Jews into the sea."
Sarid said that if possible, the Israeli soldiers allegedly responsible for the incident should be tracked down and prosecuted. "Killing prisoners of war is a war crime with no statute of limitations," he said. With that, he added that it might be too difficult to find the "war criminals" forty years after the fact, but that history will judge these people."
Sarid said that if possible, the Israeli soldiers allegedly responsible for the incident should be tracked down and prosecuted. "Killing prisoners of war is a war crime with no statute of limitations," he said. With that, he added that it might be too difficult to find the "war criminals" forty years after the fact, but that history will judge these people."